Packing vessel.



PATENT ED JUNE 18, 1905.

W. J. PATTON.

PACKING VESSEL. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 4. 1904.

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IVILLIAM J. PATTON, OF SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS.

PACKING VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,346, dated June 13, 1905. Application l August 4, 1904:. Serial No. 219,476.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. PATToN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springdale, in the county of Washington and State of Arkansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packing Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to packing vessels, and is a new and useful device for closing the heads of barrels, boxes, and packing vessels of any kind; but as it more particularly relates to barrel-heads I describe it in connection with a barrel, claiming, however, that the invention covers all packing vessels which may be closed in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings and set out in the following specification and claims thereto attached.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional View of Fig. l on the line a :r. Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the head of the barrel in position.

My invention is described as follows:

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 represents the staves of a barrel; 2, the loop which binds the staves together.

In the manufacture of my invention it is not necessary that the barrel have in it a groove near its end for the reception of the edge of the barrel-head, nor is it necessary that the barrel-head have its periphery shaveddown to an edge; but in lieu of the circular groove I secure against the inner face of the staves and near the upper end of the barrel two short curved cleats 3, curved to fit the inner circle of the barrel. These cleats are immediately opposite each other. Equidistant between said two cleats and against the inner faces of the staves I secure two other circular cleats 4:, curved to fit the inner circle of the barrel some little distance above the firstmentioned cleats 3, leaving room vertically between the two sets of cleats to secure the circular edges of the two halves of my barrelhead.

My barrel-head is made in two parts 5 and 6, the straight edges 7 thereof fitting perfectly together, the two parts 5 and 6 when thus fitted together forming a perfect fitting in the end of the barrel; but in case the head is made to fit a box or other vessel the end of which is not circular then the head is formed to fit the opening, no matter what shape it may be. The periphery of said barrel-head is not shaved down to an edge, but the cir cular parts thereof are cut at right angles to their faces. Secured to one half, 5, of said head is one end of a clamping-board 8. To secure the head in place, one of the halves of the head has its circular part set under one of the cleats 4 and its other half, 6, set under the opposite cleat, and the inner edges of the two halves are pressed down until they rest on the lower cleats 3, holding the free end 9 of the clamping-board 8 down by a screw 10. I say screw, but it may be held down by several screws or by bolts and nuts or other similar devices.

It will be seen by examination of the drawings and specification in the case that this invention produces a barrel or a box that may be manufactured much more readily and cheaply than the ones in use, that the head may be applied more quickly, and that it may be partly removed in an instant, so to speak, the contents of the barrel examined, and the head again securely put in place without injury to the vessel.

Again claiming that my invention covers not only barrels, but all holding vessels to which my invention may be applied, I, however, write my claims up as to a barrel.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the barrel 1 without an annular groove in its upper end, having secured to the inner faces of the staves, near one end, two circular cleats 3, curved to fit the inner circle of the barrel, said cleats opposite each other; equidistant between said cleats, two other circular cleats 4, secured near the upper ends of the staves and against the inner faces thereof, and above and equidistant between the first-mentioned cleats, leaving sufiicient space for the edge of a barrel-head; two half barrel-heads, 5, and 6, their circular sides cut at right angles to their faces, placed under the last-mentioned cleats 4:, their straight sides pressed down until they come in contact with the first-mentioned cleats 3; a clamping-board 8, having one end secured to one of the half-heads 5, and the other end adapted to be secured to the other half-head 6, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of a packing vessel, two cleats secured on the inner face of said packing vessel near the upper part of its opening, said cleats opposite each other; cleats secured to the inner face near the end of the opening of the vessel, and equidistant from the cleats just mentioned, leaving between the first and second mentioned pair of cleats a vertical space for the edges of a head; a head divided into two halves, adapted to fit the opening of the vessel, and between said pairs of cleats; a clamping-board, having one end secured to one of the halves of said head, 2

WILLIAM J. PATTON.

WVitnesses:

JOHN P. DUFFIE, BELLE C. TRo'r'r. 

